French Pear Pie

Recipe Ingredients

6 cups	1422ml	Bartlett pears - *
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Lemon rind - ---spicy crumb topping
1/2 cup	99g / 3.5oz	Sugar
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Ginger - ground
1/4 cup	49g / 1.7oz	Butter or margarine
3 teaspoons	15ml	Orange juice; frozen - conc.
1		Unbaked 9-inch pie shell
3/4 cup	46g / 1.6oz	Unbleached flour
1 teaspoon	5ml	Cinnamon - ground
1/8 teaspoon	0.6ml	Salt

Recipe Instructions

* The Bartlett Pears should be pared and thinly sliced.

Combine the pears, orange juice concentrate and lemon rind in a bowl and toss lightly.

Arrange the pear mixture in the unbaked pie shell. Prepare the Spicy Crumb Topping and sprinkle over the pear mixture.

Bake in a preheated 400F oven for 40 minutes or until the pears are tender.

Cover loosely with aluminum foil after 30 minutes if the top becomes too brown. Cool on a wire rack before serving.

SPICY CRUMB TOPPING: Combine the flour, sugar, spices and salt in a bowl. Cut in the margarine, using a pastry blender, until the mixture is crumbly.

Source:
THE OREGONIAN NEWSPAPER

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